will my computer post if cpu/motherboard/ram is bad?

gokitty199 · Jan 13, 2015

my psu fried my gpu cause the psu was bad, i hooked up a old 300w that i had laying around with just the cpu and a stick of ram in the motherboard to see if it would post to the bios, it did, does that mean my cpu/motherboard/ram is good?

Entomber · Jan 13, 2015

it's a promising sign, but you won't know for sure until you start using it.

williamcummins · Jan 13, 2015

Depending on the post code (beep or light signal), it will either tell you if everything works well or what is the faulty component.

gokitty199 · Jan 13, 2015

williamcummins :

well i hooked it up to a monitor and put a hdd in it, forgot to hit the bios setting button but it booted past the bios like it should but gave me the bootmg(i think its what it was) error so i dont think i had the right drive selected but everything seems normal so far.

williamcummins · Jan 13, 2015

OK well try to boot into BIOS, but I'm pretty sure you can't get through OS if you have a faulty cpu, mobo or ram.

gokitty199 · Jan 13, 2015

williamcummins :

i put a different hdd in it that has vista on it that i had laying around from another pc to try to get it to boot. i messed around in the bios just fine but while trying to boot into the OS it says can not come out of hibernation Hyberfil.sys then i click enter to boot and it starts booting like normal then gets a message saying can not display this video mode. im using a amd phenom X4 965 using the vga port in the back of the motherboard. the hdd thats in it has intel drivers i belive, it was a all in one.

williamcummins · Jan 13, 2015

It looks more like a driver or firmware problem than a hardware problem to me.
You might want to check this thread to resolve your hybernation problem (it's for win7 but will probably be similar for Vista) : http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/windows-7-your-computer-cannot-come-out-of/20ffb7a3-7f0c-46f9-8516-c1e31b11e558

gokitty199 · Jan 13, 2015

williamcummins :

yea thats what i figured, i went ahead and made another windows disk and reinstalled it and its running flawlessly so far. thanks

williamcummins · Jan 14, 2015

Great news! For the record, what was your psu made and model?

gokitty199 · Jan 14, 2015

williamcummins :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017
this one, i brought it prebuilt many many years ago so its about time it went

williamcummins · Jan 14, 2015

Ok thanks.

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